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you can send us an e-mail or tweet us at . next phone call. caller: i think our president is doing very well. if we wanted joe biden as president, he would be president. i like the idea that our president is intelligent. he is not a puppet, like the last eight years. i think he is doing what he is supposed to be doing. host: james traub? guest: i guess i would agree in general. he believes he could be a good president. i believe this is almost a desirable alternative. he is a very knowledgeable bright guy. i do not think he has those qualities of character. i do not mean to say that he has no character at all that americans look to have as their president. i think obama for all the mistakes he has made, has proved that people have a deep sense of comfort up and we did with him as a person. biden is more of a hyperactive person. -- deep sense of comfort with him, as a person. host: franklin, new hampshire. caller: mr. traub i know you denounced the history of vice- president cheney, and you believe that he was just awful. if you would be kind e
you can send us an e-mail or tweet us at . next phone call. caller: i think our president is doing very well. if we wanted joe biden as president, he would be president. i like the idea that our president is intelligent. he is not a puppet, like the last eight years. i think he is doing what he is supposed to be doing. host: james traub? guest: i guess i would agree in general. he believes he could be a good president. i believe this is almost a desirable alternative. he is a very knowledgeable...
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it is used for that purpose. in that mission, it has never failed. >> since 1942, this is the same marble floor that every world leader has walked upon. >> when you first come into blair house, it is easy to look at it and say, wow, this is a wonderful home or beautiful museum. it is much more. it is a tool of diplomacy for the united states. this is the way that the nation really opens its doors to guests that we want to honor with a particular way, to say this is our home, we're opening this to you, and you are here as our guest. >> when it was acquired by francis preston blair and 1837, it eventually became called the blair house, and then later on simply blair house. >> the customer has ben that house is offered to the incoming president just before their inauguration. that would stay here for a time immediately before the inauguration. >> this is the story of a house on pennsylvania avenue. usually eclipsed by its famous neighbor, the white house. guesthouse for foreign leaders, home to presidential advisers
it is used for that purpose. in that mission, it has never failed. >> since 1942, this is the same marble floor that every world leader has walked upon. >> when you first come into blair house, it is easy to look at it and say, wow, this is a wonderful home or beautiful museum. it is much more. it is a tool of diplomacy for the united states. this is the way that the nation really opens its doors to guests that we want to honor with a particular way, to say this is our home, we're...
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us anymore. we will probably have to appeal to the president, and we are counting on his support. there are different types of leopards. it was considered that these snow lakes have been extinct, but now, their population is being restored. again, i want to emphasize i urge everyone to voluntarily work in this direction. everyone will be rewarded for this. >> many people in the audience what to ask questions. we have here the upper level. from the defense industry. please introduce yourself and your question. >> i work in the electric department. recently, you said that despite the crisis, we still have great perspectives for the future. our colleagues said that they do have state contracts. we also heard that the defense ministry is going to buy french helicopter carriers and others, so now, basically, we are in a very controversial situation. >> the demonstrated very good parameters. it grew by 3.7%. on the whole, this is quite a good index, but very many problems remain. if you have noticed, w
us anymore. we will probably have to appeal to the president, and we are counting on his support. there are different types of leopards. it was considered that these snow lakes have been extinct, but now, their population is being restored. again, i want to emphasize i urge everyone to voluntarily work in this direction. everyone will be rewarded for this. >> many people in the audience what to ask questions. we have here the upper level. from the defense industry. please introduce...
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president eisenhower warned us against this. host: tell us more about this. caller: we have a hundred military bases in foreign countries. host: go ahead and finish up. caller: here is a thought. peace is more economically beneficial than more. war is costly and -- in lives and money and other ways. if we can make peace with the terrorists, with al qaeda, and try to make peace, with one simple gesture, this would go a long way. if we can prevail upon israel to make jerusalem a free city, the christians, the jews, and the muslims, they will all have a stake there. that would be a conciliatory gesture to the terrorists. and it would not cost a lot of money except in israel with the right-wing politics. host: the caller is touching on foreign policy. and the war. the new york times goes a little bit deeper into the story. they are talking about the expanded role with the cia operatives, in the remote bases in afghanistan. they say this is an example of the transformation in recent years into a paramilitary organization -- we go to michigan for the next phone cal
president eisenhower warned us against this. host: tell us more about this. caller: we have a hundred military bases in foreign countries. host: go ahead and finish up. caller: here is a thought. peace is more economically beneficial than more. war is costly and -- in lives and money and other ways. if we can make peace with the terrorists, with al qaeda, and try to make peace, with one simple gesture, this would go a long way. if we can prevail upon israel to make jerusalem a free city, the...
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president obama recently used the phrase that we are at war with terrorists. but unfortunately, his rhetoric does not match the action of his administration. the obama administration appears to have a blind spot when it comes to the war on terrorism, and because of that blindness, this administration cannot see a foreign terrorist even when he stands right in front of them, fresh from an attempt to blow a plane out of the sky on christmasÑi day. there is no other way to explain the irresponsible and dangerous decision on the interrogation. there's no other way to explain the inconceivable treatment of him as if he were a common criminal.
president obama recently used the phrase that we are at war with terrorists. but unfortunately, his rhetoric does not match the action of his administration. the obama administration appears to have a blind spot when it comes to the war on terrorism, and because of that blindness, this administration cannot see a foreign terrorist even when he stands right in front of them, fresh from an attempt to blow a plane out of the sky on christmasÑi day. there is no other way to explain the...
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this can be used in models that make no use of economic theory. to demonstrate this finding in a simple way, i will use a statistical model that summarizes the historical interfaces of the housing model. this model is similar to economists that seek to analyze the evolution of data series over time. the model incorporates seven variables including measures of economic growth, inflation, unemployment and house prices and the federal funds rate, and it's estimated using data from 1997-2002. for our purposes the value of such a model can be used to predict the behavior of any areas studies, assuming that the historical situation holds and that the other historical values are included. slide 6 shows these from 2003-2008. . . a possible objection to this conclusion is that because of changes in methods of housing finance, responsiveness of prices to monetary policy may have been different in the past decade than was in the 1980's and the 1990's. about one-third of mortgage applications were for adjustable rate mortgage products in 2003-2004. this linka
this can be used in models that make no use of economic theory. to demonstrate this finding in a simple way, i will use a statistical model that summarizes the historical interfaces of the housing model. this model is similar to economists that seek to analyze the evolution of data series over time. the model incorporates seven variables including measures of economic growth, inflation, unemployment and house prices and the federal funds rate, and it's estimated using data from 1997-2002. for...
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we believe in america that madison can keep us young, can keep us healthy, can keep us alive. of very large extent. 64% of the public believes that improvements in the quality of health care is the most important reason that people live longer today than 75 years ago. we gave people a lot of reasons like better public health, decrease in smoking, better nutrition -- but a majority believes that it is really medical care. she i do not know that they are right about that. the last point here is that if you asked a lot of help economists and experts about why is health care so expensive, it would come back to this fee-for- service system and the distortion that it creates, and that special the groups, although they care deeply about the patients, they try to maintain their incomes. is there recognition that this is a part of the problem? only one in three americans believe that this is an important consideration when doctors groups are making recommendations for patient care. >> we should feel very fortunate to get an early look at these fascinating numbers. >> these are prelimin
we believe in america that madison can keep us young, can keep us healthy, can keep us alive. of very large extent. 64% of the public believes that improvements in the quality of health care is the most important reason that people live longer today than 75 years ago. we gave people a lot of reasons like better public health, decrease in smoking, better nutrition -- but a majority believes that it is really medical care. she i do not know that they are right about that. the last point here is...
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we have new challenges before us. and i would say that the piece of information left out by the gentleman is the fact that it was his party that controlled congress during some of the period in which you cite the job loss. in fact, there have been 3.6 million jobs lost just since january of 2009. i would say to the gentleman, as far as the stimulus bill that you speak of -- >> would the gentleman yield on your assertion? >> i will yield at the end of my statement. and what my point is that the stimulus bill that passed almost a year ago, there's growing consensus here that it was not sufficiently targeted towards job growth. and in fact, even the portion of infrastructure spending that the gentleman and his party and this white house decided upon, the design of that spending, the associated press has come out with a study indicating that it did not grow employment at the local level in the communities which we represent. so if we understand and know that that is not the way to grow jobs, that is the design of the stim
we have new challenges before us. and i would say that the piece of information left out by the gentleman is the fact that it was his party that controlled congress during some of the period in which you cite the job loss. in fact, there have been 3.6 million jobs lost just since january of 2009. i would say to the gentleman, as far as the stimulus bill that you speak of -- >> would the gentleman yield on your assertion? >> i will yield at the end of my statement. and what my point...
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obama, obama are you with us or against us? some support from the united states. delegitimizing their regime. the third things the thi is to s keep a military threat on the table. not a threat, but you have the demonstrating capability. they have conducted two long- range aggressive operations to demonstrate a capability they have never demonstrated before. that is, there airforce is capable of carrying out a strike that would hit land targets. host: ken timmerman is our guest with us this morning. theresa on the democratic line, go ahead. caller: i am basing my question on time i have spent with iranians in the united states. studying nuclear technology in the 1970's -- bay our students here. the united stateselcome them here. in the 1980's in iran, the sanctions that i experienced there in the home of an iranian who welcome to me in, he sat a pint of milk on the table. when i finished drinking it, he says, yes, you have a big american appetite. you just drink my baby's milk for the week. i think he did it for stock fell you -- shock value. of course, he tried to
obama, obama are you with us or against us? some support from the united states. delegitimizing their regime. the third things the thi is to s keep a military threat on the table. not a threat, but you have the demonstrating capability. they have conducted two long- range aggressive operations to demonstrate a capability they have never demonstrated before. that is, there airforce is capable of carrying out a strike that would hit land targets. host: ken timmerman is our guest with us this...
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worked with us. -- friendship of everybody who has worked with us. i want to thank those who was with us here on sunday. he just called me. he said that we cannot win them all. he knows better than anyone. he appreciates what i did and what you did and he extends his heartfelt thanks. as i know from losing a campaign several years ago, i feel very strongly about that if you do not run you cannot win. you do not always win all the time. they put in our best efforts. sometimes it is more important to travel far than to arrive. [applause] we will continue to travel. i know that. i know that many of you had the pleasure of seeing president clinton as he was on the campaign trail. i want to thank him. i need to send my thanks to vicki kennedy who campaigned with me all weekend. she was the source of dignity and grace and humor. she gave me a good tip. she said i'm telling my saidted -- i am channeling my knee inn ted. -- i am channeling my inner ted. much love to her and her family in this endeavor. this is the deal. although our campaign and tonight, we
worked with us. -- friendship of everybody who has worked with us. i want to thank those who was with us here on sunday. he just called me. he said that we cannot win them all. he knows better than anyone. he appreciates what i did and what you did and he extends his heartfelt thanks. as i know from losing a campaign several years ago, i feel very strongly about that if you do not run you cannot win. you do not always win all the time. they put in our best efforts. sometimes it is more...
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at the use of a backlash. but when it comes to health care reform and the need for it, acting most people understand we need to move forward in this country on that sum -- something that important. host: of victoria on the republican line. caller: i am a registered republican since 1960. i am c. of all of a company. i am also a licensed real-estate broker -- i'm a cfo of açç company. i also can see that medicare is running on fumes. you can compare what is happening here with what happened in the holding debacle. the people that made the money on wall street are still making the money, and we bailed them out. what are we going to do when anyone can see that the insurance companies are making a lot of money on this, and when medicare will crash, are we going to bail them out? what is the democratic party have an answer to that? guest: you raised a number of issues. the response to the point about the wall street bankers. that is one of the reasons the president has proposed and the house has already passed
at the use of a backlash. but when it comes to health care reform and the need for it, acting most people understand we need to move forward in this country on that sum -- something that important. host: of victoria on the republican line. caller: i am a registered republican since 1960. i am c. of all of a company. i am also a licensed real-estate broker -- i'm a cfo of açç company. i also can see that medicare is running on fumes. you can compare what is happening here with what happened...
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let us be honest. it is absurd to argue that volunteerism and food for work programs will create sustainable jobs, but if you set the ground rules, we will be about to create sustainable jobs. i can tell you bad infrastructure and baubles policy are visible in the bodies of the poor, just are good policy and well-designed infrastructure. in my almost 30 years in haiti, i have witnessed many interventions. they have been unpleasant, even if there affects pale in the shadow of what we're now experiencing. many look that he be in despair. they say aid is wasted, that there is no hope for this country. i would say this is not true. if we focus appropriately, we can achieve long-term benefits. putting haitians -- putting people to work is what brought our country out of its great depression. thank you very much. >> thank you. mr. dobbins. we must instill a sense of caution and regarding the prospects for working in a real transformation there. as the candidate for assistance, haiti has many advantages, incl
let us be honest. it is absurd to argue that volunteerism and food for work programs will create sustainable jobs, but if you set the ground rules, we will be about to create sustainable jobs. i can tell you bad infrastructure and baubles policy are visible in the bodies of the poor, just are good policy and well-designed infrastructure. in my almost 30 years in haiti, i have witnessed many interventions. they have been unpleasant, even if there affects pale in the shadow of what we're now...
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they did not give us the clarity we needed to know who the individual was there were using. we need to make sure this never happens again. host: that from john brennan on a sunday morning programs. on tuesday the president will hold a meeting that would include john brennan, homeland security secretary and other members of his homeland security team. what questions do think he will be asking? what questions did john brennan not answer today? >> the first step is to get preliminary findings. there is no reporting out there right now about what the evaluation is. the next step is going to be what are the recommendations for fixing this? what we have to do to correct this system of people accountable within the administration? as far as john browning, i would go back to the one question that he did not answer that i think would be to the satisfaction of everyone. it was a why not label him an enemy combat? i think there would be dissatisfaction with some of his answers. for instance, about the idea of we might still send people to get in from -- yemen from guantanamo. host: the
they did not give us the clarity we needed to know who the individual was there were using. we need to make sure this never happens again. host: that from john brennan on a sunday morning programs. on tuesday the president will hold a meeting that would include john brennan, homeland security secretary and other members of his homeland security team. what questions do think he will be asking? what questions did john brennan not answer today? >> the first step is to get preliminary...
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the idea being that the japanese might use chemical weapons against us in the south pacific or we might have to use them against the japanese, and there is no understanding of what would be like in dutch arbuckle environment. we have control of these islands. we will test weapons there. not all of them went off. there are to this day and accounted for a number of chemical weapons sitting on a few islands off the coast of panama. the u.s. has offered in addition to the kind of bear minimum cleanup that it did after it pulled out of luck canal zone in 1999 we have offered a miner's son of money i think a couple of million dollars to help them clean up these facilities but our position has been what are you asking for you want to go in and clean up unpopulated islet and destroy to get to these weapons you will clean them up and then the result will actually be worse as a few -- as opposed to leaving them alone to our response has been a deal with it, and here is some hush money. compare that with our efforts -- our cleanup efforts in canada. as i mentioned a couple of relatively minor smal
the idea being that the japanese might use chemical weapons against us in the south pacific or we might have to use them against the japanese, and there is no understanding of what would be like in dutch arbuckle environment. we have control of these islands. we will test weapons there. not all of them went off. there are to this day and accounted for a number of chemical weapons sitting on a few islands off the coast of panama. the u.s. has offered in addition to the kind of bear minimum...
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the only bill that was before us was the one that was before us. you are trying to have it both ways. >> thank you, governor. let's move on and give debra medina an opportunity to ask a question. >> i think texasym is ready for some leadership andç this squabbling is notç getting us anywhere. çgovernor, you were a democrat before you were a republican, having worked for al gore as his campaign manager. you have broken promises on education, securing our border, and property tax reform. you failed to listen to texans on issues like the transgendered texas -- trans-texas quarter. çó>> the republican party was te party i want to be associated with. i am glad i did. i am glad reagan did. i am glad to be part of the party that ronald reagan came to. from the standpoint of putting that i would do everything i could to make this date a place where people were proud to live. i think we have done that. when you look at what we have created over the last eight years, when you look at walking into a budget deficit of $10 billion in 2003, cutting that
the only bill that was before us was the one that was before us. you are trying to have it both ways. >> thank you, governor. let's move on and give debra medina an opportunity to ask a question. >> i think texasym is ready for some leadership andç this squabbling is notç getting us anywhere. çgovernor, you were a democrat before you were a republican, having worked for al gore as his campaign manager. you have broken promises on education, securing our border, and property...
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they chose not to listen to us. hud chose not to listen to us. that has to be another component of any assessment of the gse's. when folks working on the ground give -- advocate for different positions with the various regulators, how those various positions are considered by the regulators. >> thank you. [applause] >> i thank the panel which that they brought some of the discussion down to earth. thank you all for providing your own from a reference. everybody takes their own from records and their experience and their knowledge and we have to be very careful that we do not become sophisticated and abstract in communicating to the public. i have often said that the housing issue, generally, has been depicted in such boring ways that they have not gotten the press they deserve for the basic prerequisite of a decent livelihood. it is not quite as exciting as contaminated food for example. we talked about detention of fannie mae and freddie mac between shareholder value obligations on the one hand and their public mission on the other. i don't thin
they chose not to listen to us. hud chose not to listen to us. that has to be another component of any assessment of the gse's. when folks working on the ground give -- advocate for different positions with the various regulators, how those various positions are considered by the regulators. >> thank you. [applause] >> i thank the panel which that they brought some of the discussion down to earth. thank you all for providing your own from a reference. everybody takes their own from...
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we had some cases that did not give us the clarity to know who it was. what we need is to make sure it never happens again. >> that's john brennan on the sunday morning program. and tim, on tuesday the president will hold a meeting that will include mr. brennan, the national security team and homeland security team. what questions do you think he will ask and what questions was john brennan not able to answer today? >> if you look at how the president wants there to work in his own internal reviews. preliminary findings, and he's got those. no reporting of what his evaluation is. but the next step is what are the recommendations to fix this, what do we need to do to correct the system or hold people accountable in the administration. as far as brennan, i would go back to the one question that was not answered in the way, why not enemy combatant. otherwise he answer every question. i think there will be something about the answers, like the idea that we may still send people to yemen from guantanamo, and that's a different question. >> pam, another issue
we had some cases that did not give us the clarity to know who it was. what we need is to make sure it never happens again. >> that's john brennan on the sunday morning program. and tim, on tuesday the president will hold a meeting that will include mr. brennan, the national security team and homeland security team. what questions do you think he will ask and what questions was john brennan not able to answer today? >> if you look at how the president wants there to work in his own...
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let us never forget what carries us through times of trial. instead of giveing in fear and cynicism let's renew resolve and confidence and optimism. instead of succumbing to partisan let's summon the unity this moment demands with a seriousness of purpose. host: steve on the front news of the "new york times" says yemen's kay as aids the yemen cell. they've been fighting a war in the north and combatting them across the south and al qaeda has flourished in the territories of yemen creating training camps and receiving increasingly popular sympathy. they're quoted as saying, back to the opinion section m so some background on this country. they get 75 percent of it's government revenue from oil. unemployment rate is 35 percent. average per capita is less than $900 a year and population is 23 million. more than 2/3 under the age of 24 and it's expected to top 40 million. republican line. good morning. caller: steve, i wish you would not interrupt me and let me speak for one minute. i believe yemen could be also pakistan is but i feel a more impo
let us never forget what carries us through times of trial. instead of giveing in fear and cynicism let's renew resolve and confidence and optimism. instead of succumbing to partisan let's summon the unity this moment demands with a seriousness of purpose. host: steve on the front news of the "new york times" says yemen's kay as aids the yemen cell. they've been fighting a war in the north and combatting them across the south and al qaeda has flourished in the territories of yemen...
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we did they pose to us. -- the dangers that day oppose to us. when you go repeatedly iran, which is proceeding and paste to develop nuclear weapons which will support terrorism in a number of places and destabilize the middle eastern region, when you go repeatedly to iran, as it realizes its own citizens, you eventually begin to send a message being seen by others in the gulf. the message is we are prepared to accord them a position of power that iranian dissidents in the country's near i ran find dangerous -- near a run by endangers and concerning. i think the president does not understand that. if he had it would have been a far more disciplined approach to engagement. they were scorned and revealed publicly and as a means of embarrassing the united states. walter referred to the arsonists. i think he had president bush in mind. sometimes fires are put out by setting deliver it fires. i am not an expert, but i think you set a fire sometimes to contain a fire in order to deprive the fire your hoping to contain of combustible material which woul
we did they pose to us. -- the dangers that day oppose to us. when you go repeatedly iran, which is proceeding and paste to develop nuclear weapons which will support terrorism in a number of places and destabilize the middle eastern region, when you go repeatedly to iran, as it realizes its own citizens, you eventually begin to send a message being seen by others in the gulf. the message is we are prepared to accord them a position of power that iranian dissidents in the country's near i ran...
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you can send us an e-mail or tweet us at. next phone call. caller: i think our president is doing very well. if we wanted joe biden as president, he would be president. i like the idea that our president is intelligent. he is not a puppet, like the last eight years. i think he is doing what he is supposed to be doing. host: james traub? guest: i guess i would agree, in general. he believes he could be a good president. i believe this is almost a desirable alternative. he is a very knowledgeable, bright guy. i do not think he has those qualities of character. i do not mean to say that he has no character at all that americans look to have as their president. i think obama, for all the mistakes he has made, has proved that people have a deep sense of comfort up and we did with him, as a person. biden is more of a hyperactive person. -- deep sense of comfort with him, as a person. host: franklin, new hampshire. caller: mr. traub, i know you denounced the history of vice- president cheney, and you believe that he was just awful. if you would be k
you can send us an e-mail or tweet us at. next phone call. caller: i think our president is doing very well. if we wanted joe biden as president, he would be president. i like the idea that our president is intelligent. he is not a puppet, like the last eight years. i think he is doing what he is supposed to be doing. host: james traub? guest: i guess i would agree, in general. he believes he could be a good president. i believe this is almost a desirable alternative. he is a very...
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practically everything got used. i don't think everything we shot got used, but we got something from every day. >> in the edit room people can spend months if not years in the edit room on documentaries or regular features and we're moving along at the sort of pace that we have to move if we're working with frontline or 60 minutes or any of these places where you really -- you have a deadline. >> and when was the last day that you finished your work? >> well, we added a couple of things. we finished in february and then in march we -- one of the people who we focused on in baltimore who was in the process of foreclosure, they lost their home. so we added it to the film that they had lost the home. and then in august we or sorry end of july we added some figures right at the end to make sure that all the figures were correct. >> before we close down we got a couple minutes to go. i like to go back and get video from when we first met and that was on "booknotes" in september of 1991. i don't think i've seen you since
practically everything got used. i don't think everything we shot got used, but we got something from every day. >> in the edit room people can spend months if not years in the edit room on documentaries or regular features and we're moving along at the sort of pace that we have to move if we're working with frontline or 60 minutes or any of these places where you really -- you have a deadline. >> and when was the last day that you finished your work? >> well, we added a...
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they will not let us get this done. one of my constituents the up and said richard i do not know his name, -- stood up and said -- i do not know his name, but he said i am tired ofçw3ç÷d hg the democrats do this and the republicans to they>(rykyçk. they allçmçtm burst intoçç, and i have never done it since. çáartjr=çi] isçweztçççr representative talking in terms of the other party, you haveç t to call them on it. you have got to say, we send you there to be a member of congress, to take the oath of office, to obey the constitution, and that is your obligation. we are going to watch to see if you do that, and when you do not do that if you follow your party -- i wrote an article for "the l.a. times" that pointed out barbara boxer and dianne feinstein each voted with their party over 95% of the time. i said anybody who votes for their party 95% of the time ought to be tossed out of office, so the american people ought to be the ones to stand up and insists that any elected official doe
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that is new to us. that is something of a surprise, but it is the way we have to move in the future. the fascinating thing to me is that as the incentives of the health reform package are moving through an materializing and people are seeing what they are, for the first time i'm hearing that the conversations in our conference rooms in meetings where we say, ok, how could we as large groups of people, surgeons working with anesthesiologists, primary physicians and others, make it so that we have a package of care that is smarter and less costly? host: i want to show you a few of the headlines regarding healthcare in the morning newspapers today. from "the washington times," "pelosi sees democrats close on health care." stories about the use of the excise tax on high-cost insurance, the difference between the house and senate. and "the new york times," "obama urges excise tax on high-cost insurance." in "the washington post," "experts remain skeptical of taxing health benefits." finally come in "the wall
that is new to us. that is something of a surprise, but it is the way we have to move in the future. the fascinating thing to me is that as the incentives of the health reform package are moving through an materializing and people are seeing what they are, for the first time i'm hearing that the conversations in our conference rooms in meetings where we say, ok, how could we as large groups of people, surgeons working with anesthesiologists, primary physicians and others, make it so that we...
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and did you find that le had used that line again after using it at crauf fords when talking in the united kingdom that he used in parliament or other speeches. >> i think he made clear, when he talked about it. he kept saying, conflict is not inevitable, disarmament is. and he was cheer throughout that if the diplomatic route did not lead it disarmament, through saddam hussein facing his obligations and under successive u.n. resolutions then the military option was evident. i really don't think that speech was -- was, i know you asked jeremy green stock, did you receive specific instructions of a change. he said no, he didn't. and i don't think there was a reason for that. >> i wanted to ask you about that point too, not so much with regard to jeremy green's stock. you said you didn't accept christopher maher analysis that there was a shift in policy, you disagreed on that point. was there not also documentary evidence, some of which indeed leaked into the newspapers that in march of 2002, as part of the preparations for crawford, so david manning went to washington with changed instructi
and did you find that le had used that line again after using it at crauf fords when talking in the united kingdom that he used in parliament or other speeches. >> i think he made clear, when he talked about it. he kept saying, conflict is not inevitable, disarmament is. and he was cheer throughout that if the diplomatic route did not lead it disarmament, through saddam hussein facing his obligations and under successive u.n. resolutions then the military option was evident. i really...
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you can send us an e-mail or tweet us at. next phone call. caller: i think our president is doing very well. if we wanted joe biden as president, he would be president. i like the idea that our president is intelligent. he is not a puppet, like the last eight years. i think he is doing what he is supposed to be doing. host: james traub? guest: i guess i would agree, in general. he believes he could be a good president. i believe this is almost a desirable alternative. he is a very knowledgeable, bright guy. i do not think he has those qualities of character. i do not mean to say that he has no character at all that americans look to have as their president. i think obama, for all the mistakes he has made, has proved that people have a deep sense of comfort up and we did with him, as a person. biden is more of a hyperactive person. -- deep sense of comfort with him, as a person. host: franklin, new hampshire. caller: mr. traub, i know you denounced the history of vice- president cheney, and you believe that he was just awful. if you would be k
you can send us an e-mail or tweet us at. next phone call. caller: i think our president is doing very well. if we wanted joe biden as president, he would be president. i like the idea that our president is intelligent. he is not a puppet, like the last eight years. i think he is doing what he is supposed to be doing. host: james traub? guest: i guess i would agree, in general. he believes he could be a good president. i believe this is almost a desirable alternative. he is a very...
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are used for federal campaigns. a.i.g., which this congress and this -- our taxpayers bailed out to the tune of $180 billion may now be able to spend our money, your money to actually influence federal elections. not only that, we passed the wall street reform and consumer protection act to regulate wall street. finally after they brought us to the brink of disaster. we spent a lot of money doing that, taxpayer dollars. now, those dollars, the companies that were saved by those dollars can now directly advocate for the election or defeat of candidates for federal office. this is a disgrace and unfortunately i hope we still haven't act sufficiently to put an end to the risky wall street behavior. i hope we can sign the wall street consumer protection act into law before the supreme court -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. mr. yarmuth: i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from south carolina rise? mr. wilson: i ask permission to address the house for one
are used for federal campaigns. a.i.g., which this congress and this -- our taxpayers bailed out to the tune of $180 billion may now be able to spend our money, your money to actually influence federal elections. not only that, we passed the wall street reform and consumer protection act to regulate wall street. finally after they brought us to the brink of disaster. we spent a lot of money doing that, taxpayer dollars. now, those dollars, the companies that were saved by those dollars can now...
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terrorism has been with us as long as history books have been with us. and if you talk about financial crisis it goes hand in hand with capitalism. we just need to look at the tulip bubbles of centuries ago. so they are not different in nature though they are essential to deal w. we are, however, confronted with self megatrends that do posit a new challenge that might require new kinds of responses. perhaps new institutions or arrangements at the international level. perhaps the solutions will be from bottom up or national governments or the market. we will find out from our panel what they think. among them, of course, first climate and related ecosystem challenges. we will talk about them in a moment as the world leaders including president obama are soon to garrett for the u.n. summit. if you talk about global health in an age of increasing interconnectedness whether the pandemics that we are in the midst of with h1n1, but also the threats that come a little more silently. the chronic diseases that arise silently from a sicker, fatter and older world
terrorism has been with us as long as history books have been with us. and if you talk about financial crisis it goes hand in hand with capitalism. we just need to look at the tulip bubbles of centuries ago. so they are not different in nature though they are essential to deal w. we are, however, confronted with self megatrends that do posit a new challenge that might require new kinds of responses. perhaps new institutions or arrangements at the international level. perhaps the solutions will...
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it must be a policy imperative for all of us. and i'm happy to say that in recent weeks, both the united states congress in the senate foreign relations committee and the house foreign relations committee have held ground breaking hearings on violence against women, certainly as a human rights issue, but also as an economic issue, and as a security issue. since beijing, more and more countries have passed laws criminalizing violence against women. yet it continues to exact a toll on all societies. these laws are too often not implemented or enforced. and there is too often too large a gap between the legal status of women, de jure, and de facto. no country can prosper without half its women. solving the problems the world faces requires the full participation of women as peacemakers and peace builders, as policy experts, as decision makers, as leaders, ensuring that women can reach these roles requires that they have safe access to education and safety is still e louisive in much of -- elusive in much of the world, that they are
it must be a policy imperative for all of us. and i'm happy to say that in recent weeks, both the united states congress in the senate foreign relations committee and the house foreign relations committee have held ground breaking hearings on violence against women, certainly as a human rights issue, but also as an economic issue, and as a security issue. since beijing, more and more countries have passed laws criminalizing violence against women. yet it continues to exact a toll on all...
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and bruce gave us 60 days. i thank strobe for lending him to us. and we concluded quite simply that america's basic national security interest were at stake in these two countries. this was not enough where the vietnam posed no direct threat to the american homeland. it was not iraq, where saddam hussein had attacks on our countries, including pakistan itself has been planned. the people out there said they would do it again, very clearly, as the near miss on christmas day demonstrates. in fact, this particular person was not trained, and pakistan does not change the fact that the inspiration for all of this comes from al qaeda and al qaeda's leadership is based in the remotest areas on the afghanistan/pakistan border. so we concluded without any dissent that this was a national security issue. we could not walk away from it. the second question was therefore, what do we do about it? the answer has been laid out in a serious of speeches and public states by president obama march 27th and december of last year were the two major statements. but ther
and bruce gave us 60 days. i thank strobe for lending him to us. and we concluded quite simply that america's basic national security interest were at stake in these two countries. this was not enough where the vietnam posed no direct threat to the american homeland. it was not iraq, where saddam hussein had attacks on our countries, including pakistan itself has been planned. the people out there said they would do it again, very clearly, as the near miss on christmas day demonstrates. in...
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just get uses to it. if we teach you well, on presentation day, a week from sunday, that will be your answer back to us sometimes. the second thing you need to understand is you are not normal. most college students are not spending two weeks starting three days after christmas in a classroom talking about campaigns. and that is important because when you go out in the real world, you need to understand that most people are not thinking about who is going to run in 2012 for president on the republican side. we are all obsessed with that. will it be huckabee, or palin? you're different, and that is good for all of us, but you have to understand that when dealing with real people. the third thing, if it is not in writing, it doesn't exist. so you need to write stuff down. there have been too many examples of campaigns, even at the presidential level, when something happens to a key operative and he or she had a big part of the campaign plan in his or her head and people were trying to figure out exactly wha
just get uses to it. if we teach you well, on presentation day, a week from sunday, that will be your answer back to us sometimes. the second thing you need to understand is you are not normal. most college students are not spending two weeks starting three days after christmas in a classroom talking about campaigns. and that is important because when you go out in the real world, you need to understand that most people are not thinking about who is going to run in 2012 for president on the...
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around using trucks and rail. we could move coal to the site that we wanted to generate electricity. we could move natural gas to the site where we wanted to generate electricity or heat. but we cannot shift protons on rail cars. nor can we ship wind through packages or trust. the electricity has to be generated locally. our existing policy on the grid is satisfactory for the first scenario, but not the second. i have been at this for some time, hoping to advance our ability to plan and finance the new system that will be fit for the 21st century. introducing this bill, making some progress and hopefully further progress in the hopes to achieve this goal in this energy bill. number one, our good system is doing good work today. i do not know if you can say that the grade is broken. but if you have a horse and buggy system that is working, it might not be fit for the new world. we know that it will not be fit for the challenges of tomorrow. while it is not broken, it is not fit for what we are asking it to do. it i
around using trucks and rail. we could move coal to the site that we wanted to generate electricity. we could move natural gas to the site where we wanted to generate electricity or heat. but we cannot shift protons on rail cars. nor can we ship wind through packages or trust. the electricity has to be generated locally. our existing policy on the grid is satisfactory for the first scenario, but not the second. i have been at this for some time, hoping to advance our ability to plan and finance...
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we have before us, mr. lannie brewer, in charge of the criminal division of the department of justice. we have sheila bar, chair of the fdic and mary shapiro, chair of the s.e.c. we're going to start as we are with all witnesses, as will be -- as has been and will be our custom at this commission, we will swear all witnesses, so i'd like to ask all the witnesses to please stand and be sworn before us. do you solemnly swear or affirm under the penalty of perjury, that the testimony you're about to provide the commission will be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth to the best of your knowledge. >> yes. >> thank you very very much. we will now commence, i will ask that each witness provide an opening statement. we do have written testimony from the witness les. les -- witnesses and i'd like to ask if each witness would provide up to 10 minutes of oral testimony. it's my understanding that mr. holder will provide the testimony for the department of justice, and i will also note that mr. holder
we have before us, mr. lannie brewer, in charge of the criminal division of the department of justice. we have sheila bar, chair of the fdic and mary shapiro, chair of the s.e.c. we're going to start as we are with all witnesses, as will be -- as has been and will be our custom at this commission, we will swear all witnesses, so i'd like to ask all the witnesses to please stand and be sworn before us. do you solemnly swear or affirm under the penalty of perjury, that the testimony you're about...
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this is a new focus for us. we are a longtime leader and innovator in helping families hold onto their homes. for the past five years, we have worked to help half a million seriously delinquent borrowers avoid foreclosure. for some home owners, we modified the original terms of the loan to make it more affordable. to others, we offered forbearance, and agreement that temporarily suspend or lowest payments after a job loss, health issue, or other major event. we also have repayment plans that had passed to amounts to monthly payments to bring homeowners coverage over time. in the first three quarters of 2009 alone, using methods like these that freddie mac helped pioneer could help nearly 100,000 struggling far worse avoid foreclosures. nonetheless, with over 4.5 million families on the brink of losing their home, there is a historic need for a national effort to address these precent -- pressing issues. we are striving to do our part in that effort. i want to talk about foreclosure but not exclusively escalates
this is a new focus for us. we are a longtime leader and innovator in helping families hold onto their homes. for the past five years, we have worked to help half a million seriously delinquent borrowers avoid foreclosure. for some home owners, we modified the original terms of the loan to make it more affordable. to others, we offered forbearance, and agreement that temporarily suspend or lowest payments after a job loss, health issue, or other major event. we also have repayment plans that...
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, what we can't use. i can say there's no case in which the way we explained what we were going to do, that in the end we didn't live up to that agreement with any source we talked to for the book. i think it's important that people understand that deep background, as many of -- as many people have written is not a concept etched in stone. every journalist has rules of the road and the rule they was road we laid out were rules we stuck to at every instance. . - guest: with new ones, you can describe different things. we did not violate the agreement with anybody that we made for the book. unlike a lot of exchanges and washington and journalism generally, between reporters and sources, with the terms are not defined but there is assumed to be commonality, or they are defined on the fly, we have meticulously and carefully in every exchange we had a free interview we did went through the project, the terms we are discussing, and we did not violate those terms for any person to talk to a to the book. host: me
, what we can't use. i can say there's no case in which the way we explained what we were going to do, that in the end we didn't live up to that agreement with any source we talked to for the book. i think it's important that people understand that deep background, as many of -- as many people have written is not a concept etched in stone. every journalist has rules of the road and the rule they was road we laid out were rules we stuck to at every instance. . - guest: with new ones, you can...
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they remind us, let's look. they remind us, let's look. or are they developing@@@@@@raáv deepen our commitment to ensuring al qaeda cannot exploit those territories for attacks on our homeland. then just a couple matters that are left over from our report. we have talked a number of times about balancing the need between civil liberties and national security, and we have to get that balance right. ties and national security. we have to get that balance right. it is absolutely important. we recommend a civil liberties and board located in the white house which would look at the implications, whatever laws are passed come from a civil liberties. of view. the board was staffed in 2006. congress further strengthen it in 2007. we have an independent agency outside the white house. the board held numerous sessions with the fbi director among others, on terror surveillance, and other topics. çbut the board has disappeared. it has been dormant since that time. we have now a massive capacity in this country to develop data on individuals. the bo
they remind us, let's look. they remind us, let's look. or are they developing@@@@@@raáv deepen our commitment to ensuring al qaeda cannot exploit those territories for attacks on our homeland. then just a couple matters that are left over from our report. we have talked a number of times about balancing the need between civil liberties and national security, and we have to get that balance right. ties and national security. we have to get that balance right. it is absolutely important. we...
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[applause] [applause] >> let us pray. >> let us pray. lord god of heaven and earth, father of us all, as we ask your spirit to be at this gathering, and all the great benefits you lay upon america's table, we cannot help but pray for our brothers and sisters in haiti, afghanistan, and iraq. you are ever atentive to every human need, and the greatest hungers of the human heart, for you alone are the lord, god. for those who hunger for economic and homeland security, lord, grant interior freedom and trustworthy protection. for those families that hunger for work and bright promise for their children, bring forth bright management of time and talent and perseverence in continued education for the future. lord, renew the nation in faith. remove the veil of cynicism and fear that inhibits your people's ability to be creative and struss -- industrious in common endeavor. bless our president, all the members in congress, and all involved in the judiciary system. may the three branches of the people's government live in true balance being accoun
[applause] [applause] >> let us pray. >> let us pray. lord god of heaven and earth, father of us all, as we ask your spirit to be at this gathering, and all the great benefits you lay upon america's table, we cannot help but pray for our brothers and sisters in haiti, afghanistan, and iraq. you are ever atentive to every human need, and the greatest hungers of the human heart, for you alone are the lord, god. for those who hunger for economic and homeland security, lord, grant...
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and by we, i mean ll of us. -- all of us. not jsut me. -- just me. you are among the leaders in your communities. you really are. people will listen to you about the proper role of the judiciary as long as you speak out clearly and firmly and use the channels that your listeners use. your voices need to be heard. so regardless of how we select our judges, i think maybe all of us can agree that an independent judiciary is critical for all of our citizens since -- citizens. we need one safe place. that one place historically has been the court rooms. let's not sacrifice that. you have to help us and speak out. we can still have one safe place in our system for an independent, qualified judiciary. thank you fell much for being here today and i hope you maintain your interest in this subject. we will be spokespeople in the future for what we need to do. thank you. [applause] >> thank you very much, justice o'connor. we are now going to adjourn. lunch will be in room 12 where the program continuation will be. we invite you to join us for lunch. thank you
and by we, i mean ll of us. -- all of us. not jsut me. -- just me. you are among the leaders in your communities. you really are. people will listen to you about the proper role of the judiciary as long as you speak out clearly and firmly and use the channels that your listeners use. your voices need to be heard. so regardless of how we select our judges, i think maybe all of us can agree that an independent judiciary is critical for all of our citizens since -- citizens. we need one safe...
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these stay with us. let's try to create institutional and structural change that does not get wiped away when the political winds blow. let's try to create markets for these goods and ways of finding them, educational, instructional programs, along with our commitment to serve that will give women everywhere a chance to take their own lives and futures into their own hands. . . >> now president obama talks about energy jobs. this comes along the announcement that the economy lost more jobs in december and the unemployment rate was unchanged. >> it means whether we are putting people back to where. job losses for to thousand 9 or 1/10 of what we were experiencing in the first quarter. in november, we saw the first gain in jobs in nearly two years. last month, we slipped back, losing more jobs than we gained. it is still pointing in the right direction. what this underscores is that we have to continue to explore every avenue to accelerate the return to hiring. that brings me to my announcement today. the
these stay with us. let's try to create institutional and structural change that does not get wiped away when the political winds blow. let's try to create markets for these goods and ways of finding them, educational, instructional programs, along with our commitment to serve that will give women everywhere a chance to take their own lives and futures into their own hands. . . >> now president obama talks about energy jobs. this comes along the announcement that the economy lost more...
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what you are interested in it or ask for us to follow up with you, or to tell us what you are doing now and are prepared to do. so, where are we? the bad news is that somewhere around 150,000 have lost their lives. many of the survivors have had limbs amputated and have not received wheelchair's or prosthesis. there are hundreds of thousands of people who need temporary but extended housing and even more who need to get food and water every day. the united nations security force has been working well. i think the americans have done a good job. the government of haiti has asked the united states to manage the flow at the airport. there are 800 to 1000 planes trying to land there. on the day before the earthquake, only 10 or 12 airplanes landed at the airport. now they land more than 100 a day, on a big, one-runway airport. they are managing it well. there are serious, and that food and water needs. part of it is the distribution system does not exist. the government was devastated by the earthquake. the united nations suffered its worst loss of life on a single day in the history of
what you are interested in it or ask for us to follow up with you, or to tell us what you are doing now and are prepared to do. so, where are we? the bad news is that somewhere around 150,000 have lost their lives. many of the survivors have had limbs amputated and have not received wheelchair's or prosthesis. there are hundreds of thousands of people who need temporary but extended housing and even more who need to get food and water every day. the united nations security force has been...
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we are trying to use the same model here, and i look forward to us really doing what is necessary to relieve the various issues there. i have heard from a lot of you about whether or not we are planning -- we have asked the speaker not to approve any cordels in the near future. we would like for each member of our caucus, not just the congressional black caucus, but the entire caucus, to sit down and decide how they are subcommittees' in various committees can respond to this event. then we will coordinate all that, and we will organize efforts, rather than for all of us to go down there now as a coordinated effort. >> i would like to ask congress woman clark to come down. she has been an officer of the congressional black caucus and she hails from the caribbean american community. >> thank you for your longtime leadership and commitment to fighting for haiti. i want to also applaud your work in bringing the resolution to the floor expressing condolences to and solidarity with the people of haiti in the aftermath of the devastating earthquake. this legislation since a unified message
we are trying to use the same model here, and i look forward to us really doing what is necessary to relieve the various issues there. i have heard from a lot of you about whether or not we are planning -- we have asked the speaker not to approve any cordels in the near future. we would like for each member of our caucus, not just the congressional black caucus, but the entire caucus, to sit down and decide how they are subcommittees' in various committees can respond to this event. then we...
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they expect us and want us to work together towards resolving the issues that confront them, one of which is health care. they know it's an issue. i read the results in massachusetts, but i will tell you i also read the polls which when asked not so much about a bill but whether or not health care reform is needed in this country, a very significant majority of americans responded, they think it is. they think when they're denied coverage for pre-existing conditions that's a problem. they think when their child becomes 26 years of age or now becomes 23 years of age and out of college and doesn't have insurance, they think that's a problem. they think when they have a very serious illness costing them thousands and thousands of dollars that an insurance company telling them, sorry, you cost too much, we can no longer insure you, they think that's a problem. so when they go depeeply into debt for health care -- deeply into debt for health care costs that's not covered by their health insurance company and declare bankruptcy and put their home at risk, they think that's a problem. so, yes, i
they expect us and want us to work together towards resolving the issues that confront them, one of which is health care. they know it's an issue. i read the results in massachusetts, but i will tell you i also read the polls which when asked not so much about a bill but whether or not health care reform is needed in this country, a very significant majority of americans responded, they think it is. they think when they're denied coverage for pre-existing conditions that's a problem. they think...
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it will help us in philadelphia. the unemployment is currently 11.2%, and we are concerned in 2010 as the economy continues to struggle, that that may go up. host: the headline this morning, from the conference of mayors is that they are stressing a new round of stimulus money. how much are they asking for, how much would you like to see directly given to philadelphia? guest: as much as possible, of course, but even for the federal government, the pot is not among the dead. -- unlimited. we have to recognize the fact -- the president was cleared yesterday that more needs to be done. the federal agencies as well have their own budgets. there has been so much emphasis on certain organizations, hud, transportation, education, they also have their own budgets. the main issues that we are driving home is we need the money in ever cities now. i spoke directly to the president about targeting fiscal assistance. while we get the arra dollars, and they are helpful, we cannot use them to help our budget deficits. states can, c
it will help us in philadelphia. the unemployment is currently 11.2%, and we are concerned in 2010 as the economy continues to struggle, that that may go up. host: the headline this morning, from the conference of mayors is that they are stressing a new round of stimulus money. how much are they asking for, how much would you like to see directly given to philadelphia? guest: as much as possible, of course, but even for the federal government, the pot is not among the dead. -- unlimited. we...
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it penalizes us as american citizens. that policy should be changed so that if i make a profit, a capital gain online investment domestically, i pay a tax, whether profit was made offshore or onshore. as of 2006, the congressional research panelists believe that there were roughly, as of 2006, roughly $500 billion of corporate money offshore in corporate banks. that money should actually be taxed so that it offsets our deficits and not making communist governments more profitable and despotic regimes more powerful. host: looking at this deficit of major concern in the legislative branch, we are talking more today about the president's budget. right now let's go to julia, calling from south carolina. good morning. caller: first of all, i would like to say that president obama is the president for all people , a democrat, republican, and independent. john boehner, the republican, said before they had their first meeting that they would not cooperate with president obama. he has extended his hand many times, he had a meeting
it penalizes us as american citizens. that policy should be changed so that if i make a profit, a capital gain online investment domestically, i pay a tax, whether profit was made offshore or onshore. as of 2006, the congressional research panelists believe that there were roughly, as of 2006, roughly $500 billion of corporate money offshore in corporate banks. that money should actually be taxed so that it offsets our deficits and not making communist governments more profitable and despotic...
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us in the face. in the latest issue, we have this special report that looks at these new developments and makes the case that we finally should do something, do what we should have done years ago, and that is to offer humanitarian aid to the vietnamese for the suffering of those affected by agent orange and to derive by our veterans and offer v.a. care to all who serve, no questions asked. you can agree or disagree with those arguments, but i think there's no doubt, and i think we've documented pretty carefully that this is an issue that is going to be on the radar screen for the obama administration, for congress, and for the v.a. and so to discuss these issues, we brought together a panel that i'm honored to introduce now. dr. michael f. martin is a specialist in asian affairs for the congressional research service of the library of congress. dr. martin's professional career has included work in china, japan, hong kong, and vietnam. he has taught at hong kong baptist university, colby college and a
us in the face. in the latest issue, we have this special report that looks at these new developments and makes the case that we finally should do something, do what we should have done years ago, and that is to offer humanitarian aid to the vietnamese for the suffering of those affected by agent orange and to derive by our veterans and offer v.a. care to all who serve, no questions asked. you can agree or disagree with those arguments, but i think there's no doubt, and i think we've documented...
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host: amy walter also joins us, editor of the hot line. take us to the national phase. what does this race mean? guest: there are a lot of implications for this race. one is that the president's legislative agenda and the senate that no longer has had 60 votes per the other piece is the anger among independent voters. these were the voters that gave president obama his victory in 2008. he won independent voters in a place like massachusetts overwhelmingly in 2008, but he also carry them in places like virginia and new jersey, which went republican for governor this last year. what we are seeing is that independents not only are turning away from democrats but in huge numbers. what is fascinating to me is that we have independent voters in virginia and massachusetts, three very different states of voting by the same margins for a republican candidate, which suggests that for democrats going into 2010, midterm elections, they have got to figure out how to get those voters back into their camp or they are going to suffer significant losses in the election. host: more of yo
host: amy walter also joins us, editor of the hot line. take us to the national phase. what does this race mean? guest: there are a lot of implications for this race. one is that the president's legislative agenda and the senate that no longer has had 60 votes per the other piece is the anger among independent voters. these were the voters that gave president obama his victory in 2008. he won independent voters in a place like massachusetts overwhelmingly in 2008, but he also carry them in...
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analyze that for us. guest: when people start coming -- when people start feeling more optimistic they are not coming into the labour market. even though we lost 85,000 jobs we did not get a higher unemployment rate because the job pool did not grow because people are still discouraged. sometimes people just think i will just shovel driveways for the winter. i don't feel like leaving the house. gasoline is so expensive, i don't want to go driving around looking for work. host: those factors actually affect the national economy? guest: it helps hold down the unemployment rate so we have a better looking number, but when you talk about how many millions of people are unemployed working short hours not getting bonuses, but it all together and it is a grim picture. it is an ongoing problem the administration has to address. nearly two years while it lost 16,000 more than the previously estimated in october. guest: in is back to what i said. these things can bounce around. so we thought that in november, if i'
analyze that for us. guest: when people start coming -- when people start feeling more optimistic they are not coming into the labour market. even though we lost 85,000 jobs we did not get a higher unemployment rate because the job pool did not grow because people are still discouraged. sometimes people just think i will just shovel driveways for the winter. i don't feel like leaving the house. gasoline is so expensive, i don't want to go driving around looking for work. host: those factors...
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then let us do that. the vice chairman of the federal reserve board. >> thank you, and i'm very pleased to be able to participate in this year's brimmer's policy forum. governor brimmer and i did not overlap at the board, but i admired his work from the bank of kansas city where i started my career in 1970 and my colleagues in the federal reserve and i have greatly benefited since then since his analytical approach to different public policy issues. this morning i thought it might be useful for me to review the course of monetary policy through the crisis and highlight a few issues for policy for the future and i would like to start with an important clarification. first, despite the title for what i am about to discuss is and president obama's monetary policy. it is the federal reserve's. [laughter] fortunately, the administration has been careful to respect the independence of the federal reserve and the conduct of monetary policy. it recognizes that the federal reserve insulation from short-term politi
then let us do that. the vice chairman of the federal reserve board. >> thank you, and i'm very pleased to be able to participate in this year's brimmer's policy forum. governor brimmer and i did not overlap at the board, but i admired his work from the bank of kansas city where i started my career in 1970 and my colleagues in the federal reserve and i have greatly benefited since then since his analytical approach to different public policy issues. this morning i thought it might be...
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>> thank you for joining us. as you said in your state of the union address, jobs and the economy are number one. Ñiçói agree with you on that. Ñii represent their state of wet virginia. we have a lot of coal and a lot of natural gas. my miners and the folks that are working and those are -- who are unemployed are very concerned by your policies in these areas, cap and trade, an aggressive epa, and the looming prospect of higher taxes. ñrin our minds, these are job killing policies. i'm asking you if you would be willing to add some of these policies with the highest unemployment and the ensure economy that we have now, to assure west virginians that you are listening. >> i listen all the time including to your governor who is somebody who i enjoyed working with a lot before the campaign and now that i am president. know that the west virgin -- that west virginia struggles with unemployment and i know how important coal is to estrogen and a lot of our natural resources there. that is part of the reason i hav
>> thank you for joining us. as you said in your state of the union address, jobs and the economy are number one. Ñiçói agree with you on that. Ñii represent their state of wet virginia. we have a lot of coal and a lot of natural gas. my miners and the folks that are working and those are -- who are unemployed are very concerned by your policies in these areas, cap and trade, an aggressive epa, and the looming prospect of higher taxes. ñrin our minds, these are job killing policies....
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use all the polls from nevada -- use of calls from nevada. -- use all preview -- you solve the polls from nevada. host: our conversation, reminding our audience, we are joined here at the table by byron york and christopher hayes. we will get to your phone calls in a moment. send us your twitter comments at twitter.com/c-spanwj as well. let me get back to another issue and we will continue this conversation. you had the vote in massachusetts. guest: not a good week. i am of two minds about this. i think that in the interim, it is disastrous. our ability to see independent expenditures, i think that long- term my hope is that it spurns us to think in a different way about how to deal with the obvious problem of money in politics. that is a move towards citizen- funded elections, subsidizing more speech rather than trying to restrict. guest: i am not an expert on this, but i do listen to some of them. 28 states holding 60% of the population already allow corporate and union expenditures in state races. . caller: what they - one of the key is. we have to have tort reform. we've had it i
use all the polls from nevada -- use of calls from nevada. -- use all preview -- you solve the polls from nevada. host: our conversation, reminding our audience, we are joined here at the table by byron york and christopher hayes. we will get to your phone calls in a moment. send us your twitter comments at twitter.com/c-spanwj as well. let me get back to another issue and we will continue this conversation. you had the vote in massachusetts. guest: not a good week. i am of two minds about...